go in

verb

went in; gone in; going in; goes in

intransitive verb

1

: to make an approach (as in attacking)

2

a

: to take part in a game or contest

b

: to call the opening bet in poker : stay

3

of a celestial body : to become obscured by a cloud

4

: to form a union or alliance : join

—often used with with

asked us to go in with them

Phrases

go in for

1

: to give support to : advocate

2

: to have or show an interest in or a liking for

3

: to engage in : take part in

Synonyms

• assault
• attack
• raid
• turn (on)
• storm
• jump (on)
• set on
• strike
• set at
• set upon
• descend (on or upon)
• rob
• fly at

Examples of go in in a Sentence

law enforcement officials decided to wait before going in on the barricaded gunman

Recent Examples on the Web

Johnson's offense got things going in the second half. —Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025

Their output bears no visible relationship to the data that went in, and cracking a modern encryption algorithm would take an impossibly long time (or a quantum computer from the future). —PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025

But the conversation was only going in circles, so Darcey and Stacey made a beeline out of the room. —Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025

Foden received, swept it to Nunes, and the right-back’s cross went in off Esteve to seal the match. —Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for go in

• coan
• kohen
• rohan
• rowan
• rowen
• bryozoan
• metazoan
• protozoan
• minoan
• samoan